cornmeal

English

Etymology

corn +‎ meal

Pronunciation

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Noun

cornmeal (countable and uncountable, plural cornmeals)

1. Dried corn (maize) milled (ground) to a coarse meal.

   Synonym: maizemeal

   Coordinate terms: (sometimes synonymous) cornflour; cornstarch

   She made a kind of polenta from cornmeal and chicken broth, with some cheese sprinkled on top.

Translations

dried corn milled to a coarse meal

• Cherokee: ᏎᎷ ᎢᏌ (selu isa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 玉米麵／玉米面 (zh) (yùmǐmiàn), 玉米粉 (zh) (yùmifěn)

• Finnish: karkea maissijauho
• French: farine de maïs (fr) f
• German: Maisgrieß (de) m
• Greek: καλαμποκάλευρο (el) n (kalampokálevro)
• Hebrew: קמח תירס m (kemakh tiras)
• Kabuverdianu: rolon
• Portuguese: fubá (pt) m
• Russian: кукуру́зная мука́ f (kukurúznaja muká)
• Spanish: harina de maíz f
• Swedish: majsmjöl (sv) n
• Ukrainian: кукуру́дзяне бо́рошно n (kukurúdzjane bórošno)
• Yiddish: פּאַפּשױ מעל f (papshoy mel), פּאַפּשוימעל (papshoymel)

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